Ethanol is all the rage these days especially among politicians from corn states. The relationship between ethanol and cars is hardly new as any old-time NASCAR fan can tell you. Many of the original NASCAR stars like Junior Johnson got their start in fast driving by transporting home-made ethanol-based beverages.
It's still possible to produce your own ethanol and it's not even that hard. Fermenting some cornmeal to create a mash and then distilling it are both pretty straightforward processes. If you're not careful though it can be very dangerous and without a distillers license it's also very illegal. Popular Science did a demonstration of how to distill some corn mash that you can check out at the read link.
[Source: Popular Science]
https://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/24/popular-science-makes-ethanol-at-home/
2007-07-24T12:41:00+00:00